Provenance

Earls of Holdernesse; William Mason; Rev. C Alderson by 1811; Earls of Chichester at Stanmer, Lewes; probably same picture with Ehrich Galleries, New York, sale at the Anderson Gallery, New York, 19 Apr. 1934, no. 137; noted by Waterhouse in collection of Patrick O'Connor, London, 1969; Alec Levitt by Agnew's.

Exhibition History

1975

English Portraits from Francis Bacon, the Philosopher to Francis Bacon, the Painter, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 25 October 1975 - 14 December 1975, cat. no. 24

2014

The Rings from The Hashimoto Collection of The National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, 8 July 2014 - 15 September 2014, cat. no. 255

Bibliography

1856

Cotton, William. Sir Joshua Reynolds, and His Works. London, 1856, p. 81.

1899

Graves, Algernon; Cronin, William V. A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A. vol. 2, London, 1899, p. 471.

1900

Armstrong, Walter. Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy. London, 1900, p. 47.

1971

Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 4 (1969), 1971, Yamada, Chisaburoh F. [On the New Acquisitions]. p. 6. Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 12-13. no. P-377. repr.

1971

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 72, repr.

1975

Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 19, repr.

1979

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 241, repr.

2000

Mannings, David. Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings. New Haven, 2000, text p.158, no. 472. plates p.166, no.110

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